Diamond Dust
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| + | '''Diamond dust''' (ice needles, frost in the air, frost mist) A type of [[precipitation]] composed of slowly falling, very small, unbranched crystals of '''[[ice]]''' which often seem to float in the air. It may fall from a high '''[[cloud]]''' or from a cloudless sky. It usually occurs under frosty weather conditions (under very low air temperatures). | ||
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| + | *1 ''National Snow and Ice Data Center'' [http://nsidc.org/arcticmet/glossary/diamond_dust.html] | ||
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Revision as of 10:35, 29 June 2009
Diamond dust (ice needles, frost in the air, frost mist) A type of precipitation composed of slowly falling, very small, unbranched crystals of ice which often seem to float in the air. It may fall from a high cloud or from a cloudless sky. It usually occurs under frosty weather conditions (under very low air temperatures).
Spindrift, Stratus and Diamond Dust Sundogs..... The Schattberg, Saalbach Austria. © Thomas Dossler.
Return to Working with Snow, Freestyle Skiing or Ice Crystals
Reference
- 1 National Snow and Ice Data Center [1]
